delete all files under a directory

[Reneesh K]

How do I delete all files under a directory?

[Tej Singh Rana]

use command or shell module

regards,

On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 8:26 AM Reneesh K <rene...@gmail.com> wrote:

How do I delete all files under a directory?

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[Wei-Yen Tan]

Even better. Use file module 

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[Reneesh K]

I used the file module, but it is deleting even the logs directory. This is my code.

- name: empty logs directory

  file:

    path: /app/logs/

    state: absent

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Reneesh K

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[Wei-Yen Tan]

Use the find module to list the files you want /register the files and then loop the car to remove the file in file module 

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[Wei-Yen Tan]

scroll to the bottom.. it has your  example:

Using the Ansible find module to search for files/folder - My Daily Tutorials

[Reneesh K]

Hi Wei,

If you are referring to this code, then it is deleting the destination folder too.

- hosts: all
  tasks:
  - name: Ansible delete files examples
    find:
      paths: /home/mdtutorials2/findmodule/examples
      patterns: "*.log"
      age: "100d"
      recurse: yes
      register: files_to_delete

  - name: Ansible delete file glob
    file:
      path: "{{ item.path }}"
      state: absent
    with_items: "{{ files_to_delete.files }}"

Best Regards,
Reneesh K

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